But no matter which bank it is, it will wait for the spring to bloom before the silver can be delivered. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Prince Alcohol repeatedly assured the Empress Dowager Cixi: "The money will definitely be borrowed." It's just that foreigners do things, little by little, without the slightest; So it's slow, anyway, it's guaranteed to be obtained before the year, and the construction period will never be missed. "Fang started to stop.

The Summer Palace project was finally completed on schedule, and more than 10 million taels of silver were consumed before and after.

The navy funds alone embezzled a huge amount of 8.6 million taels, of which the navy yamen received 1.68 million silver donations from coastal defense from various provinces; The navy has a huge amount of interest of more than 400,000 yuan; the so-called "idle money" of the navy yamen is more than 500,000 yuan; The Navy has spent more than 2 million yuan.

In addition to the Three Seas Project, a total of 13 million taels of funds for the Navy Yamen were embezzled!

The purchase cost of the seven main warships of the Beiyang Navy: Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Jiyuan, Laiyuan, Zhiyuan, and Jingyuan was about 7 million taels.

The naval funds embezzled by the Empress Dowager Cixi for the overhaul of the buildings and palaces were enough to add two more Beiyang fleets of the original size. However, during this period, the Navy Yamen did not purchase a new ship!

For the sake of his own selfish interests, he ignored the construction of the navy, which laid the root cause of the fiasco of the Sino-Japanese First Sino-Japanese War!

On the fifth day of the sixth month, the emperor moved to Ningshou Palace with the Empress Dowager Cixi, because the ditches in the three major halls and the east and west six palaces had to be completely repaired. Ningshou Palace is in the easternmost part of the Great Interior, Qianlong began to build in the 37th year, after preparing to return to the government, as a place to recuperate, it has been built for 14 years before it was completed.

It occupies an area of about a quarter of the entire inner court, and the scale of it is completely modeled after the main hall of the inner court. The gate is called Huangji Gate, the second gate is called Ningshou Gate, which is equal to the Qianqing Dynasty, the Huangji Palace in the door, the regulation is such as the Qianqing Palace, the Ningshou Palace behind the palace, the same as the Kunning Palace, there is also a cauldron that worships the gods to cook meat, the wooden kang for eating meat and the magic weapon of the jumping god and so on.

The back door of Ningshou Palace is a horizontal street, the middle door is called the nourishing door, the nourishing hall in the door, similar to the nourishing heart hall, the difference is that there is a pagoda courtyard and a place of sitting meditation for the Buddha, and now it is used as the emperor's dormitory.

The Empress Dowager Cixi lived in the Le Shou Hall, and after the Yang Sex Palace, it was originally Gaozong's study. In addition, there are pavilions and pavilions such as Sanyou Xuan, Yihe Xuan, Sui'an Room, Ruting, Daohe Yangsuxuan, Jingqi Pavilion and so on.

After Jingqi Pavilion, it is the back door of Ningshou Palace, Zhenshun Gate, there is a large hall with three rooms wide, and there is a very deep well, and the well water is sweet and extraordinary.

This palace triggered many imaginations of the Empress Dowager Cixi, a few chairs, every grass and a tree, all of which made her think that after Gaozong returned to power, she had rubbed it. The eighty-year-old Emperor Taishang, five generations in the same house, five blessings, although he is the first blessed person in the world, but the head is open-minded, and he can't play if he wants to.

It's better to be old and return to politics early, so that you can enjoy a few more days of blessings.

Therefore, on the sixth day of moving to Ningshou Palace, he made up his mind, and on this day, he summoned Prince Alcohol, specially preached the message, and the emperor was also seated.

This is a huge exception. Since Prince Alcohol and the Emperor are father and son, there is some inconvenience in etiquette, so when Prince Alcohol is summoned, the Emperor Xiang is not present.

On this day, I suddenly met in the Palace of Nourishing Heart, Prince Alcohol felt at a loss for a while, but it would not hinder him if he thought about it a little, although the emperor sat in front of the imperial case, and the Empress Dowager Cixi sat behind the imperial case, Prince Alcohol knelt in front of his son, and only knelt in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi.

"The emperor is sixteen years old this year, and he reads well." The Empress Dowager Cixi said: "The mourning family wants to be able to govern in the first month of next year. Let the mourning family also rest. ”

Prince Alcohol was surprised, I don't know what the Empress Dowager Cixi thought about it, would she say this?

This is something that cannot be delayed, and the king immediately knelt down and said in a loud voice: "Please ask the queen mother to take back her fate." ”

Then he thought of the reason and replied: "How difficult the current affairs are, it all depends on the empress dowager, and the emperor is still young and can't afford to carry this burden." Besides, there is no end to learning, while there is now the protection of the queen mother, the emperor does not have to worry about anything, he will study for a few more years, and he will be more sure of his personal affairs in the future.

According to the minister's thoughts, the emperor is in power, and he will have to be after the age of twenty at the earliest. Please ask the Empress Dowager to think about the subjects of Sheji, bow down to the invitation, and think that the emperor will also feel merciful. ”

Halfway through his speech, he had already thought of an idea, so he kneeled forward and approached the emperor, and at this time he pulled the dragon robe, pointed to the ground, and motioned for the emperor to kneel and beg.

The Emperor was in a state of confusion. The Empress Dowager Cixi's announcement was also deeply surprising to him, but he did not think that he should ask his "father" to take back his fate. The habit cultivated since childhood, where there is mercy, only know how to obey.

So when I heard the Empress Dowager Cixi say that she wanted to return to politics, I was a little panicked in my heart, afraid that once I personally cut the government, I didn't know how to start?

When I heard the echo of the alcohol king, I knew that I was wrong, but I didn't know what to say? Now I understand, I want to kneel down and echo King Alcohol's statement, and I beg to postpone my return to government.

So he stood up, turned around and knelt beside the imperial case, and said, "What Prince Alcohol played is exactly what his son said. The son is young and ignorant, and the society is very important, so he must ask his father to take care of it, so that his son can study for a few more years! After speaking, he kowtowed, but still couldn't kneel.

"You're not too young! Lord Shunzhi and Lord Kangxi are both fourteen-year-old pro-government. The Empress Dowager Cixi turned her face and said to Prince Alcohol: "Hanging the curtain was originally an expedient measure. The emperor has come of age, and it is time for the mourning family to stop. You should also be considerate and considerate of the situation of the mourners. ”

"The queen mother's words, the minister is really embarrassed. is always incompetent and incompetent, and the queen mother has been worried everywhere in the past few years. At present, government affairs are gradually improving, and it is at the critical juncture of recovering from stripping, and it is always necessary to ask the Queen Mother to think about the hopes of the subjects of the world and manage it for a few more years. ”

"The mourning family's energy is also much less than before." The Empress Dowager Cixi just shook her head,

"Fortunately, the emperor is cautious and obedient, if there is a difficult matter, the mourning family can still help him with an idea. As for daily affairs, the emperor should understand after two or three years of reading. If there is a military aircraft undertaking the order, if they encounter irregularities, let them explain it carefully, and they will not be able to go wrong.

All in all, the mourners thought through this matter. You kneel down, and the mourning family will find a military plane to explain. ”

Prince Alcohol can no longer fight, he is honest, and he thinks it is irretrievable, so as soon as he exited the Yangxin Palace, he immediately took care of the eunuchs and invited people separately.

The number of people invited has reached five, and Boyan Nemo has returned home. Prince Alcohol said what happened, and asked everyone what their opinions?

The two kings looked at each other, because they didn't know what the alcohol king meant, and they didn't dare to say anything.

Weng Tongyi saw things very clearly, and for the sake of Prince Alcohol, he should fight again, so he said: "This matter is too important!" The prince should lead the ministers of the imperial court, and the people who walked with Yuqing Palace should discuss it face-to-face when they see the queen mother. (To be continued.) )